"Gil" meaning in Spanish

See Gil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈxil/, [ˈxil]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: From a pet form of the personal name Egidio, or from the Catalan and Portuguese Gil, all deriving from Latin Aegidius. Etymology templates: {{m+|la|Aegidius}} Latin Aegidius Head templates: {{es-proper noun|}} Gil ?
  1. a surname
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    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Xilʹ",
      "word": "Хиль"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Aegidius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Aegidius",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a pet form of the personal name Egidio, or from the Catalan and Portuguese Gil, all deriving from Latin Aegidius.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Gil ?",
      "name": "es-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Gil"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Gil"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-Gil-es-name-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxil/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxil]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-il"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gil"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "Xilʹ",
      "word": "Хиль"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Aegidius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Aegidius",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a pet form of the personal name Egidio, or from the Catalan and Portuguese Gil, all deriving from Latin Aegidius.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Gil ?",
      "name": "es-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Gil"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Gil"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for gender in Spanish entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/il",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/il/1 syllable",
        "Spanish 1-syllable words",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish proper nouns",
        "Spanish surnames",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish uncountable proper nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxil/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxil]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-il"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gil"
}

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